Dirty dairying prosecutions continue this week with two separate sentencings occurring in the Whakatane District Court today.

The first sentencing relates to two defendants, Eric John Steiner and Michael Eric Steiner who face a possible jail sentence on a Resource Management Act charge relating to the unlawful discharge of dairy effluent at a farm at Galatea.

The offending took place in October 2011.
The maximum penalty for this offence for each defendant is up to two years jail, or a fine of up to $300,000.

The second sentencing relates to the proprietors of Orete 2 & Other Blocks Incorporated known as Orete Incorporation.

The charge relates to the unlawful discharge of dairy effluent on a farm at Orete Forest Road in Waihau Bay that took place in September 2011.

The maximum penalty is a fine of up to $600,000.

Sentencing begins at 11am.